Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
J.R.R. Tolkien in Letter to Michael Tolkien (March 1941)
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I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...
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Little by little, one travels far.
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Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.
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Not all who wander are lost.
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For though I do not ask for aid, we need it.
J.R.R. Tolkien in The Fellowship of the Ring
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I am in fact a Hobbit, in all but size.
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I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.
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The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.
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It's a dangerous business going out your front door.
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It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish.
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I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
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All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
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Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.
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